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Why are all modern constellations in the sky

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our astronomy is based on western civilization, which doesnt include the southern sky

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What does the Greek lettering system tell you about a star that the name doesn’t?

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Significance of the star within the constellation it is in

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3
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Where can you not see the pole star?

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Southern hemisphere

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4
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Where can you not see the celestial equator?

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Nowhere. You can see it everywhere.

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If the earth didn’t spin, could you define the ecliptic?

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Yes… the ecliptic is defined by the earth’s revolution, not its rotation.

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6
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How would the seasons change if the earth’s tilt was 90 degrees

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Only have winter and summer, they’d be super long.

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What would change if the earth didn’t have an atmosphere?

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Stellar scintillaiton & northern lights

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Planesphere

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Plots the stars for any date and time

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9
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Companion to Sirius A

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Sirius B

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10
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Optical double in the bears tail

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Mizar & Alcor

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Shoulder of the hunter (Orion)

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Bellatrix

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12
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Position of the star in the sky, not its altitude

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azimuth

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13
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60 ______ per degree

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minutes of arc

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14
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Puffed up old star

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planetary neblua

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15
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Observer looks down

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nadir

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16
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Southern constellation of peace

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Columba (dove)

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17
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The twins of gemini

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Castor and Pollux

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18
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NGC

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New general catalouge

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19
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Compass constellation

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Pixus

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20
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Separates the crab and the bull

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Gemini

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21
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French comet hunter

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Messier

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22
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12 hours of daylight, 12 hours of nightime

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equinox

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23
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Earth’s closest to the sun (perihelion) in..

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January

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24
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Head of the snake

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Rastaban

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25
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Charioteer with kids

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Auriga

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26
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the asses feed on m44

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praesepe

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27
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Heart of the lion

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Regulus

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28
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Virgin’s ear of wheat

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Spica

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29
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Heartstrings of Lyra

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Double double

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30
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romulus’ view blocked by the moon

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libra

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31
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blows in the wind of spring

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coma berenices

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32
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Points of the summer triangle

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Vega, Deneb, Altair

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33
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diamonds of perseus, recorded by hipparchus

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double cluster

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34
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tail of the goat

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deneb algedi

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35
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young horse of the summer sky

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equuleus

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36
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double star, head of the swan

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albireo

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37
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part of the great square not in the horse

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Alpheratz

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38
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Faintest constellation of the zodiac

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Pisces

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39
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First black hole

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Cygnus X-1

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40
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the fox that hides in the summer triangle

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vulpecula

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41
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britney of the sky

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ophiuchus (serpent holder)

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42
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extremely quiet place by the river

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eridanus supervoid

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43
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bright star of the southern fish

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fomalhaut

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44
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star that drives the bear

45
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ancient remains of star, swan song

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veil nebula

46
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rival of mars

47
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galaxies belong to stephan and pegasus

48
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having a whale of a time in fall

49
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Zodiac constellations of the winter

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GeminiTaurusCancer

50
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Zodiac constellations of the summer

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CapricornSagittariusScorpio

51
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Zodiac constellations of the spring

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VirgoLeoLibra

52
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Zodiac signs of the fall sky

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PiscesAriesAquarius

53
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Stars of Orion’s belt

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AlnitakAlnilamMintaka

54
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Closest star forming region to the earth

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Orion nebula

55
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Important stars of Taurus

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Aldebaran (eye of the bull)Pleiades

56
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1st pulsating star

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crab nebula

57
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What is produced when stars die?

58
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Major Stars in Canis Major

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Sirius (brightest star in the winter sky)

59
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Sirius means

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“scorching”

60
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What are the three types of clusters?

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  1. globular2. open3. associations (dozen stars or less, not enough gravity to hold together)
61
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Important stars in Gemini

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PolluxCastor

62
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Important stars in Cancer

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Northern association & Southern association…seperated by the praesepe

63
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Important stars in Cygnus

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Deneb “tail of the swan”Alberio = double stars orbiting each other

64
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First star to have its parallax measured…

65
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Closest black hole to us

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Cygnus x-1

66
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Escape Velocity

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The speed necessary for an object to completely escape the gravity of a large body such as a moon, planet, or star

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What star will be the pole star in 10,000 years?

68
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Important stars in Lyra

69
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most compact globular cluster

70
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Important stars in Aquila

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AltairDeneb Okab

71
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Oldest constellation of the nightime sky?

72
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Luckiest constellation?

73
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Furthest thing the eye can see

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M31: the andromeda galaxy

74
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Important stars in Andromeda

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AlpharatzAndromeda galaxy

75
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1st star that has a planet orbiting

76
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Eclipsing Binary Stars

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two stars orbiting around each other, blocking each other’s light every 3&1/2 days

77
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important fish in pisces

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Alrisharep. the cord holding the two fish together

78
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1st star to vary in brightness

79
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Cetus

80
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Eridanus

81
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Eridanus super void

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largest known bubble in space with nothing in it & coldest spot in universe

82
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major stars in leo

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regulus & denebula

83
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What is the main star of virgo?

84
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radial component

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either moving toward or away from you

85
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proper motion

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motion directly across your field of view

86
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Barnard Star

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1.5 parsecs away and moves 10.4 arc seconds per yearcannot be seen by the naked eyeIn constellation of Ophiucus

87
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Hercules

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1/2 mortal son of Zeus12 labors

88
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Corona Borealis

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Meaning: Northern CrownMajor Stars: none

89
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M51

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spiral galaxyfirst fuzzy object in sky people actually thought was a galaxy

90
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canes venatici

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hunting dogsCharles’ heart

91
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Corvus

92
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earth’s true sidereal rate

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23 hours 56 minutes

93
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stars come up _____ minutes early each day

94
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precession

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is the top spinning motion of the earth

95
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it takes _____ years for the earth to precess one revolution

96
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first point of aries shifts

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1 degree every 72 years

97
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currently in the age of:

98
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first point of aries spends ___ years in each constellation

99
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stellar scintillation

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twinkling of the stars

100
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why do stars twinkle?

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refraction of light through earths atmosphere causes light to appear to move

101
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planets do not twinkle because..?

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they are close to us that the twinkling is not noticeable

102
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higher stars are less twinkly because

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light from stars goes through less of earth’s atmosphere the higher it is…low stars pass through more atmosphere so they twinkle more

103
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Gaia satellite

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measure parallax of stars

104
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aurora borealis casued by

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interaction of charged particles with earth’s magnetic field

105
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stellar parallax

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apparent displacement of a star due to the Earth’s motion around the sun

106
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1 Parsec

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3.26Ly = 205,000 AU

107
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galactic year

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time taken for the sun to orbit the galactic center = 226 million yearswe are 20 galactic years old

108
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Coma Berenices

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“Berenice’s hair”Main Star: Diadem

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